Improvement in pin-packages



T. PIPERL Pin-Package.

No. 221,098. Patnted. Oct. 2-8, 1879. JyflIIIIIII|IIIIII|I||II|I||||llfi IIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIIII I I'I IIIII-IIIIIII IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIII J J I III I IIIIIIIIIII III! I III I I I I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIII|||||1|ILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUIH|||-||| |II|I|III|||||||I|||||||||II I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I III I I `I I I I I I I-I I I III/III N.PETERS,PHOTD-UTHOGRAPMER, wASmNGTnN, D4 C.

NITED S'rA'rEfs 4 PATENT OFFICE TRUMAN PIPER, OF BIRMINGHAM,OONNEOTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEHOWE 'MANFAOTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIN-PACKAGES.

Spccilication forming` part of Letters Patent No. 221,098, dated October28, 1879; application filed June 18,1879.

vTo all whom 'it may concern:

' tral section.

This invention relates to an improvement in pin-packages-that is to say,an arrangement of the pins wherebyV they may be conveniently taken asrequired, instead of on folded papers, which is the most common form ofpackage 5 and the nvention consists in the construction and arrangement,as hercinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the back or base, which may be paper, board, or anysuitable material, but should possess a considerable degree of rigidity.

On the face of the back the pins are arranged in transverse rows B O I),&c., more or less in number. This is best done by sticking the pins on'a continuous sheet of paper, and folding the paper as shown in solidlines,

' Fig. 2, doubling the paper at each row of pins, and then fastening orotherwise attaching the paper at the lower edge of the folds to theback, as seen in Fig. 2, and so as to 'leave the flaps on which the pinsare stuck independent one of the other. This presents the heads of eachrow separate and independent of the other rows, and so that at pleasureone or more pins may be taken from either row without difficulty, thusovereoming a scrious difficulty in the class of-pin-packages where theheads of' the pins in suecessive rows come in so close contact to eachother that it is difficult to take a pin from any particular row,

By the arrangement in this invention the several rows may be made up ofpins of different sizes or quality, and, because of the loose fiaps,enable a person to examine pins before removng them.

While the continuous paper is the best method of arranging the pins, itwill be evident that they may be differently arranged, but should be soas to stand diagonally from the back. The back is provided with aperforation, E, or suitable device, by which the package may besuspended.

As a further convenience a cushion is arranged on the face of the backat some convenient point, so that pins not required for immediate use,and which have been removed from the paper,may be stuck thereon, as seenin Fig. 1, thus giving this package an essential advantage over previousconstructions.

The cushion is best attached by cutting a tongue or flap, G, from theback, and bending it outward and introducing the cushion back 'of thefiap, as seen in Fig. 2; but it may be otherwise attached.

I claimv,

1. The back A, with one or more fiaps or parts, into which the `pins areinserted, attached to the back by the lower edge, of said flaps, and soas to leave the upper edge, where the heads are exposed, free,substantially as described.

2. A pin-package having parts into which the pins are inserted, combinedwith a cushion arranged on the same side of the package as the pins orpin-holding portion, and so as to be exposed at the same time as andwith the pins or pin-holding portion, substantially as described.

3.' The combination of the back A with one or more flaps or parts intowhich thepins are inserted and cushion arranged thereon, substantiallyas described.

TRUMAN PIPER.

Witnesses:

J oHN E. EARLE,

or even to take hold of the head of any of the plus.

Jos. 0.-EARLE.

